Nikon–Walkley Awards photo exhibition at Wallsend library
Nikon-Walkley Press Photography 2013 exhibition. Pic by Barat Ali Batoor. Preparing for the worst – After a terrifying night at sea in the sinking boat, the sun comes up and the passengers prepare for the worst: that they may end up drowning in the ocean.
Nikon-Walkley Press Photography 2013 exhibition. Press Photographer of the year. Kate Geraghty. Asylum. Moments after arriving by plane to Manus Island under ‐ Australia’s PNG Solution policy, Pezhman and his fellow asylum seekers hold their identity cards to show their names, date of birth, country of origin and the codename of the boat they arrived on.
Nikon – Walkley Press Photographer of the Year Winner: Coreeda – Shane Parker (left) and Blaike O’Neill demonstrate the traditional Aboriginal form of wrestling. Photographer: Kate Geraghty,Fairfax Media
Nikon – Walkley Press Photographer of the Year Winner: Bomber – Bali bomber Idris says it will be for Allah to decide if what he did was right or wrong, in helping carry out the attack which killed 202 innocent people. Photogaphy: Kate Geraghty, Fairfax
Nikon-Walkley Press Photography 2013 exhibition. – Best News Photograph. The coffin of a 10 week old boy who died when an asylum seeker boat capsized in July is carried into the cargo hold of the charter plane by Mark Stein at dawn, at Christmas Island airport to be taken to the mainland where he will be buried. Pic by Colin Murty
Nikon-Walkley Press Photography 2013 exhibition. Communty Regional prize. pic by Marc McCormack. Bella, an 18‐month‐old Collie cross, exuberantly attacks the water from a garden hose on a warm summer’s day in North Queensland.
Nikon-Walkley Press Photography 2013 exhibition. Community Regional prize.Marc McCormack, The Cairns Post. A newly hatched Krefft’s turtle, no bigger than a 50 cent coin, looks relaxed in his new world when picked up by a reptile keeper at Cairns Tropical Zoo.
Nikon-Walkley Press Photography 2013 exhibition. pic by Barat Ali Batoor The Jaffary Family waits – “We wake up each day hoping this will be the last morning,” says mother Rukhsana Jaffary of her mixed Afghan-Pakistani Hazara family, claiming asylum in Indonesia.
Nikon-Walkley Press Photography 2013 exhibition. Picture by Barat AliBatoor. Instructions for Escape – Asylum seekers listen to the instructions of the smuggler in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia before taking the boat to Indonesia.
Nikon-Walkley Press Photography 2013 exhibition. Portrait Prize. Pic by Brendan Esposito. Dini Coral stands with her husband. Dini, from Kundiawa in Simbu province, has been accused of being a “sanguma” or witch. She shows the scars she bears after a brutal attack by her brother’s sons.Nikon-Walkley Press Photography 2013 exhibition. Pic by Quinn Rooney, Getty Images. Australian Swimming Championships
Nikon-Walkley Press Photography 2013 exhibition. pic by Quinn Rooney, Getty Images. Australian Swimming Championships
Nikon-Walkley Press Photography 2013 exhibition. Best Sports Photograph. By Wolter Peeters, Fairfax Media Nikon – Walkley Press Photographer of the Year Winner,: Afghan Elders – Following a meeting to discuss the security situation in Oruzgan a group of tribal elders walk past razor wire surrounding a police compound in Mirabad, Oruzgan, Afghanistan. Pic Kate Geraghty. Fairfax Media
Nikon – Walkley Photographer of bthe year winner. Debutante Evelyn Lardner adjusts her gloves in her street in Airds wearing her gown she will wear at the Aboriginal Debutante Ball held on July 5th, 2013 at the Wests Leagues Club in Leumeah. 30 June, 2013. Picture Kate Geraghty
╳exitAUSTRALIA’S finest news photography is on show at the Wallsend library.Capturing moments of triumph and despair, the Nikon–Walkley Awards exhibition documents some of the biggest news stories of the past 12 months.It includes the photo of the year for excellence in photojournalism, shot by Barat Ali Batoor, of asylum seekers emerging from below the decks on their boat bound for Australia.Library public programs co-ordinator Carol Edmonds said news photographers told the story of the world around us.‘‘The library is once again delighted to host this outstanding exhibition, which is one of our most popular events on the calendar,” she said.The exhibition is on display until June 21 at the library, in Bunn Street, Wallsend.